NBR | ‘Seeing is believing’ for waste heat tech startup

Over a decade ago, the idea that is at the heart of Vortex Power Systems of generating carbon-free electricity from a vortex was just that—an idea. Now, we have built the first pilot plant of its kind in the world and are on the precipice of proving the technology works at scale. TVNZ Sunday came and took a look.

Why are we focused on capturing low-grade waste heat? Approximately 50% of the world’s total energy consumption is lost in industrial heat processes, enough energy to power more than 3 billion households globally, equivalent to the annual power consumption of the US, China, and India combined - 63% of this process heat is considered unusable and is discharged into the atmosphere or our waterways. Capturing this heat will solve a number of significant challenges.

Vortex showcases its technology to an audience of over 90 investors across Asia and Australia as part of NZTE's Cleantech Connect event

Newsroom's Nikki Mandow writes about achieving the next milestone for Vortex Power Systems - taking the technology out of the lab and into a full scale pilot plant.

We're thrilled to have been recognised as one of Asia Pacific's top 25 companies that has the potential to make a sizeable contribution to the global mission of de-carbonisation and achieving a resource-efficient industrial future that is required to address the global climate crisis.

Vortex Power Systems, a New Zealand early-stage, deep-tech company, breaks ground at its pilot plant site in Gisborne, celebrating a key milestone in its goal of converting low-grade waste heat into clean electricity.

BusinessDesk journalist Greg Hurrell finds out more about what Vortex Power Systems aims to achieve by building its pilot plant in Gisborne.

NBR's Fiona Rotherham writes about Vortex Power Systems latest capital round to support the construction and operation of the company's pilot plant in Gisborne